Integrated note-taking functionality for computing system entities

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11113039-B2
Application number	US-201815888599-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2018
Priority date	Mar 3, 2015
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

Abstract

A computing system comprises, in one example, a display system configured to generate user interface displays, a first application configured to define an entity in the computing system, an interface component configured to control a second application to generate a notebook component corresponding to the entity, and an association component configured to generate and store an association between the entity and the notebook component. The first application is configured to control the display system to generate a first application user interface display that displays data for the entity in the first application and includes a user input mechanism corresponding to the notebook component in the second application based on the association.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computing system comprising:
a processor; and
memory storing instructions executable b the processor, wherein the instructions, when executed, configure the computing system to:
detect an object type selection input;
based on the object type selection input, select a subset of object types from a set of object types corresponding to a first application;
automatically detect creation of a data object in the first application that is configured to operate on the data object;
in response to detecting the creation of the data object and a determination that the data object has an object type included in the selected subset of object types, automatically send a control instruction to a second application that is distinct from the first application and includes note-taking functionality,
wherein the control instruction identifies the data object and instructs, the second application to generate a notebook component corresponding to the data object;

receive, from the second application, location information that identifies a storage location of the notebook component in the second application;
store association information that associates the data object and the notebook component, the association information including, a location indicator that indicates the storage location of the notebook component in the second application; and
access, by the first application, the notebook component in the second application using the location indicator.

2. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein
the second application comprises a note-taking application, and
the notebook component comprises at least one of a notebook, a section within a notebook, or a page within a section of a notebook.

3. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions configure the computing system to:
generate a representation of a user interface display that includes:
data associated with the data object, and
a user input mechanism corresponding to the notebook component in the second application; and

based on an indication of user actuation of the user input mechanism, control the second application to access the notebook component.

4. The computing system of claim 3 , wherein the user input mechanism comprises a navigation link, wherein the instructions configure the computing system to:
based on an indication of user actuation of navigation link, send an access instruction that instructs the second application to open the notebook component.

5. The computing system claim 3 , wherein the representation of the user interface display includes workflow user input mechanism, and wherein the instructions configure the computing system to:
based on an indication of user actuation of the workflow user input mechanism, perform a workflow on the data object.

6. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the association information is stored in a mapping table having a plurality of entries, each entry mapping a data object to a notebook component in the second application, and the control instruction includes content related to the data object and instructs the second application to store the content in the notebook component.

7. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions configure the computing system to:
automatically detect creation of a plurality of data objects in the first application; and
based on a comparison of object types of the plurality of data objects to the selected subset of data types, instruct the second application to generate notebook components for a set of the data objects comprising some, but not all, of the plurality of data objects.

8. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the second application is configured to populate the notebook component with a link to the data object.

9. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions configure the computing system to:
generate a representation of a user interface display that is associated with the first, application and, includes a preview of the notebook component.

10. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions configure the computing system to:
receive, from the second application, an indication of a second notebook component that is associated with the data object; and
generate second association information that indicates an association between the data object and the second notebook component.

11. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions configure the computing system to:
generate a representation of a user interface display with a type selection user input mechanism, wherein the object type selection input is received through the type selection user input mechanism, wherein the selected subset of object types includes some, but not all, of the set of object types corresponding to the first application.

12. The computing system of claim 7 , wherein the instructions configure the computing system to:
send a control instruction that instructs the second application to generate a notebook component for only data Objects having an object type in the selected subset of object types.

13. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions configure the computing system to:
provide collaboration functionality, that is accessible by a plurality of users, to the notebook component, wherein the plurality users share the notebook component relative the data object.

14. The computing system of claim 13 , wherein the second application configured to provide off-line editing of the notebook component by the plurality of users and subsequent synchronization of edited content based on the location information.

15. A computer-implemented method comprising:
detecting an object type selection input;
based on the object type selection input, selecting a subset of object types from a set of object types corresponding to a first application;
automatically detecting generation of a data object in the first application that is configured to operate on the data object;
in response to detecting the generation of the data object and, a determination that the data object has an object type included in the selected subset of object types,
automatically sending a control instruction to a second application that is distinct, from the first application and includes note-taking functionality,
wherein the control instruction identities the data object and instructs the second application to generate a notebook component corresponding to the data object;

receiving, from the second application, location information that identifies a storage location of the notebook component in the second application;
storing association information that associates the data object and the notebook component, the association information including a location indicator that indicates the storage location of the notebook component in the second application; and
accessing, by the first application, the notebook component in the second application using the location indicator.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 15 ,
automatically detecting creation of a plurality of data objects in the first application; and
based on a comparison of object types of the plurality of data objects to the selected subset of data types, instructing the second application to generate notebook components for a set of the data objects comprising some, but not all, of the plurality of data objects.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , further comprising
based on, an indication of user actuation of a workflow user input mechanism, performing a workflow

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Chang Jih-Shiang
• Li Michelle
• Natu Madan

Classifications

• G06F8/38 Primary

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